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We all know how the story goes; **Post content and Earn $$$** (There are more to that of how the academy started but we won't ride on that today). Most people who come here with that mentality don't last long on Hive as the statement bolded above is the simple way to bring people here but no the best to retain them. Perspiration, creativity, relationships are the highest priority to make the $$$ on Hive. The core earning of Hive is relationships, make friends, connect and share the values between each other. There is a myth people say that **They are here for the Tech**, it's a myth because why should a Whale who has hundred of Hive staked still posting without declining rewards or sending the rewards earned to null. Only 1% are in the Blockchain world for the tech and that's the bitter truth another example is if a massive dip happens, you will the whole Crypto community going Gaga. So 99% of the people are here for the tech and rewards. 

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Hive is a place some people make their living and even those who have side hustles apart from their day jobs make more money on Hive. Hive has taken us to where we are today, although we still have a very long way to go. If you want to be successful on Hive, you have to share quality content regularly that will fascinate people's interest or create something special that's super rare like a rare NFT and share the journey through Hive, for example, is DFA. When DFA started, many academies surfaced and even earning more than DFA but they are nowhere to be found today. Why? They lack plans and are not ambitious. Our cause for this project is pure and if not that we would have packed off. Despite all the challenges we are going through we are still here striving and believe we will make it. There were weeks we published and even got no reward but instead of quitting we kept working harder and also searching for alternatives to survive. DFA is bringing joy to many kids who wish to become professional footballers. We don't do football alone but also TED talks and also teach the boys about the trending tech, economy, and Crypto. 

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We have to be grateful for the gift of Hive in the Blockchain world. Many people have created awesome D/apps on Hive for example is the Layer-2 tribes. We use SportsTalkSocial and the tribe has given us a lot as per our contributions. 

In a country like Nigeria 🇳🇬 where the minimum wage is lower than a bag of rice and still the Government trying to stop crypto, Hive is a cool platform that people will love to stick to because Hive rewards you by doing what you love. This is one of the reasons Nigeria has the highest Crypto popularity of all countries at least, about 37% of the 240 million citizens now know about Crypto according to the recent results I found shared on Twitter by its founder, Jack.

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If we are to go back, many people and projects who made it today started from nothing. We started with no football and gear but the passion keeps driving us and today we have balls and gear. Great Ape gave us a donation to buy a lot of gear which will arrive by the end of the month. We still believe that there are more to come, like owned stadium 🏟️, bus 🚌, signings… 

We are very grateful and without Hive, we wouldn't have made it this far, thanks to the amazing people supporting us, you're all appreciated!

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**If you are stumbling upon `DFA (Decentralized Football Academy)` for the first time, please check out our [Introduction article](https://hive.blog/agfacademy/@dfacademy/introducing-steem-oracle-d-and-agfacademy-to-young-footballers-that-need-supports-earn-for-playing-football-with-agfacademy) and this [Medium article](https://medium.com/@dfacademy/decentralized-football-academy-dfa-a-nigerian-charitable-football-soccer-academy-8b2c8e4beedb) to see our achievements.**

#### PS: The reward from this post will be used to provide the footballers with full kits, new gear, partake in competitions, visit sports events, excursion, food accommodations, camps, and management for the team. 

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